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Old 11th Feb 2013, 07:31
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The clue is in the Instrument Approach Charts, CAT C/D aircraft CAT 1 ILS, DA 680/690FT, an aerodrome elevation of 153FT (29 threshold significantly lower) and no apparent significant obstacles in the approach area, make a sharp left turn at DA, and get the h*ll out of there fast!
I can see where you're coming from but a higher minima shouldn't exclude it's use as an alternate should it?

Sure it's a consideration with marginal weather or single-engine performance but there are many major international airports with restrictive minima... Hong Kong, Nice, Innsbruck to name a few. If we'd consider them as Destinations on two engines why not as alternates?

Or am I missing your point?
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